UrbanoActivo

Urbanoactividad: es un fenómeno físico por el cual algunos elementos, llamados urbanoactivos, emiten efectos varios sobre el espacio público. Urbano Activo es un colectivo abierto de Puerto Rico que investiga y promueve el uso creativo del espacio público. Esta plataforma constituye una bitácora audiovisual de intervenciones temporales en los campos de arte, arquitectura, urbanismo y diseño que estimulan nuestra pupila y nos sirven de referentes. Se explora la pluralidad de nuestra condición urbana. Clika sobre la imagen para más información. Urbanactive: a physical phenomenon whose effect alters public space. Urbanactivity catalyzes the the medium that it crosses. UrbanoActivo is an open design collective from Puerto Rico that studies and promotes the creative use of public space. This platform is an audiovisual archive of temporary interventions in the fields of art, architecture, urbanism and design that stimulate our senses and serve as references to us. It attempts to understand our pluralistic urban condition. Click on the image for more information. Our growing open group: Andrea Bauzá Hernández Leandro Fabrizi Rios Isabel Ramírez Pagán Marcelo López Dinardi Begoña Clavería Español David Soto Padín Special collaborators: Beta Local CIUDADLAB ae.i.ou

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A citizen-lead project to create special walls where people can leave spare jackets and blankets for those in need.

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Public spaces are filled with simple but effective ideas. After the Street Store a new wonderful experiment taking place in Iran.

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UPR students and librarians come together to create La Ruta del Libro, a wayfinding intervention to clame Río Piedras as the Book Town of San Juan. The event was organized by Cauce, Comite Cultural of Río Piedras and the DIY Urbanism class of The UPR’s School of Architecture.

related articles:  http://www.indicepr.com/noticias/2017/03/09/action/68861/rio-piedras-gira-alrededor-del-libro/

http://www.caucepr.com/actividades/la-ruta-del-libro-en-rio-piedras

http://minhpuertorico.org/index.php/noticias/55-noticias/5792-cauce

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Public screening of Guy Debord’s, Society of the Spectacle in Río Piedras Paseo de Diego. Organized by Piso Proyecto’s Noemí Segarra, the projection is part of a film series in underutilized public spaces that are impacted by the ongoing economic and colonial crisis the island is suffering. 

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Pedestrian DIY crossways in Río Piedras’s Ave. Gándara. Collaboration between CAUCE, UPR’s students from Architecture, Planning and Fine Arts, professors and citizens of Río Piedras. Event info.

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With the ever growing population of homeless people and abandoned buildings in Rio Piedras, it comes as a solution the retrofitting of these buildings as shelter, housing, and/or community centers. This project aims to provide, not a temporary shelter, but permanent housing for the men and women with greater needs among the homeless community of Rio Piedras. It also provides the services of FOOD, MEDICAL SERVICES, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL WORKERS and SHOWERS for the rest of the community of homeless and also the residents of Rio Piedras. This design has been submitted for federal funds for its construction. Today the Municipality of San Juan handed the property over to Non-profit org. Estancia Corazon. This project was made possible by the colaboration between CAUCE, Estancia Corazón, Arq. Reynaldo Torres and his students, Profas. Yazmin Crespo, Omayra Rivera-Crespo, Andrea Bauzá & students of Escuela de Arquitectura UPRRP, Eydira Jiménez, Edward Ramírez, Lorna M. Mulero, Gustavo Casalduc y David Tait.

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Project by BASURAMA. Public playground and parks developed with recycled materials for various communities in Taipei. 

https://basurama.org/projects/re_create-taipei/

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Don Cangrejario. A new temporary public stage for cultural events in Santurce. Designed by Jose Luis Gutierrez and Piedeamigo Colective.

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Parque Estrella. Community DIY Pocket Park. Proyecto developed by La Maraña and the Bayola community of the surrounding area. Various collaborators included Quickrete’s Debbie Camacho, Para la Naturaleza and City Park Equipment. A truly genuine community effort to provide a kind and democratic public space where there is none or very little.

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Proyecto de Ley P. de la C. 2583  to make possible that municipalities can inherit declared public nuisances without living holders or heirs that can give, donate, lease or sell to non-profit organizations wishing to rehabilitate properties for social purposes. This project was generated by Marina Moscoso and other collaborators of Casa Taft 169. For more information visit here.

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Que no te ahoguen las botellas campaign to promote a “Bottle Bill” to reduce/recycle plastic bottle waste. The work was the result of a coalition between various environmental groups in Puerto Rico. The project was designed by architects Camila Rivera, Gustavo Vega and sculpture artist Andres S. Cano.

Recycled plastic bottles and metal structure.

read more here: https://www.facebook.com/quenoteahoguenlasbotellas/photos

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Temporary bleachers for Capetillo Court in Río Piedras. Made with Puerto Rican Bambusa Vulgaris Bamboo. Design-build Ramsez Pierluisi and Luis Rafael Moyet,

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Práctica espacial más allá de lo romántico. Markus Miessen

Práctica espacial más allá de lo romántico, capítulo 01 del libro 'La Pesadilla de la Participación.' Markus Miessen [dpr-barcelona, 2014]

“Una de las cosas más repugnantes ocurre cuando tus sueños secretos te son impuestos brutalmente desde el exterior. Tenemos un bonito nombre para un sueño hecho realidad así: se llama pesadilla” -  Slavoj Zizek

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Santurce Es Ley #6 Febrero 2016 Mural en techo del CDT Hoare, por Ella & Pitr

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Pedestrian crossings in Santurce. Works by Corográfico. Pics by Alex Seal.

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Heartbeat. Latest installation from #Stereotank in the heart of NYC. See more here: http://archleague.org/2015/02/making-heartbeat/

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Thank to collaction for including Iluminaccion in their platform which gathers inclusive and collaborative practices.

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UrbanoActivo in Governors Island! 

Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good—the official U.S. presentation at the 13th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale (2012)—makes its first New York appearance on Governors Island, New York City’s newest public park. Recently decommissioned as a military base, the island is home to hundreds of historic buildings and over 30 acres of public space.Spontaneous Interventions (S.I.) joins dozens of organizations, including Figment, the NY Public Library, LMCC, and more, that are bringing exhibitions, events, installations, and activities to the island’s audience, which last summer topped 400,000. (NOTE: The opening date has been delayed until June 6.) http://www.spontaneousinterventions.org/